Engaging
[ɪn'geɪdʒɪŋ;en-] or [ɪn'ɡedʒɪŋ]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) attracting or delighting; 'an engaging frankness'; 'a piquant face with large appealing eyes' .
埃米尔編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Encage
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Engage
(a.) Tending to draw the attention or affections; attractive; as, engaging manners or address.
德威特編輯
同義詞及近義詞:
a. Attractive, winning, entertaining, pleasing, interesting, captivating, charming, taking.
费理斯編輯
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Attractive, interesting, winning
ANT:Unattractive, uninteresting, repultiive
編輯:汤姆
例句/造句/用法:
- The lady was young, engaging, and handsome, but not marked for long life. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- A fine horse, my friend, said the Count, addressing the groom with the most engaging familiarity of manner, You are going to drive out? 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Ferdinand Barnacle was there, and in his most engaging state. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Now this won't do, said John, hardening his heart against the engaging little sinner. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- Were he to become a copartner, he would, in engaging in the conjoint activity, have the same interest in its accomplishment which others have. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- There is little evidence of the primitive Aryans engaging in religious dances. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The engaging young Barnacle was the first arrival; but Bar overtook him on the staircase. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Captain Fitz-Marshall is a man of very engaging manners, and, I dare say, has many enemies. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Among his treasures was a copy of Fresenius’s Qualitative Analysis, engaging reading for a boy only twelve years old. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- As engaging the emotions and the imagination, they have the qualities which give the fine arts their quality. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- He had a lively touch-and-go way with him, very pleasant and engaging, I admit; but nothing to compare with his free-and-easy manners of other times. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- Sherlock Holmes and I had no difficulty in engaging a bedroom and sitting-room at the Crown Inn. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- I had been upon the ground and knew it did not admit of his engaging all the men he had. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Already in the thirteenth century we have seen Pope Gregory IX and the Emperor Frederick II engaging in a violent public controversy. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- If he were to be very alert in engaging Jane Fairfax now, it might augur something. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- What was the use of my trying to look wise when she was so pretty, and so engaging, and so fond of him! 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- It had cog wheels engaging teeth on the side of the rail. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Serve me right for engaging a man with such a face. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- Is your profession really so engaging and interesting as to absorb your whole attention? 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- He has been in Parliament some time, you know,' returned the engaging young Barnacle. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- It chanced, however, that his wife expressed a dislike to the engaging Blandois, and that the balance of feeling in the hotel was against him. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- A certain flabbiness of fiber prevents the contemplated object from gripping him and engaging him in action. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- The function of this material in engaging activity and carrying it on consistently and continuously is its interest. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- He's engaging the enemy. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- Yet her engaging face, being an open as well as a perceptive one, was not without her husband's latent smile. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- She is the prettiest and most engaging little fairy in the world. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- In speaking of her attractions, I would not exaggerate language; but, indeed, they seemed to me very real and engaging. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Rebecca found no difficulty in engaging Briggs in a long, intimate, and delightful conversation. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- He is a truly excellent young man, and we could not refuse to listen to him, but I will not consent to Meg's engaging herself so young. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- I thought all this very pretty and engaging, and Steerforth seemed to think so too, as we looked after them fading away in the light of a young moon. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
編輯:汤姆